xterm font size

I just got a new T60p wide screen (1680x1050) running X
Window System
Version 7.2.0 (xorg).

I'm using icewm as my window manager.

The xterm fonts are nice, but too small.  I can use xfontsel
to browse
fonts, but I can't seem to find the one xterm is using (so
that I
might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell what font my
xterm is
using?

My DPI setting is correct so shouldn't I be able to pick a
font by
point size and have it be the correct size?



Plenty to pick from...

$ DISPLAY=:0.0 xlsfonts | wc -l
7358




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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Bill Moseley wrote:

> I just got a new T60p wide screen (1680x1050) running X
Window System
> Version 7.2.0 (xorg).
>
> I'm using icewm as my window manager.
>
> The xterm fonts are nice, but too small.  I can use
xfontsel to browse
> fonts, but I can't seem to find the one xterm is using
(so that I
> might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell what
font my xterm is
> using?
>
> My DPI setting is correct so shouldn't I be able to
pick a font by
> point size and have it be the correct size?
>
>
>
> Plenty to pick from...
>
> $ DISPLAY=:0.0 xlsfonts | wc -l
> 7358
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseleyhank.org

I believe it's fixed, but try something like this:

xterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

where 14 is your size. once you find one you can create
~/.Xresources with 
this:
xterm*font: -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

and xterm should pick it up from then on.

hth,
jeff

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 07:13:22PM -0700, Jeff D wrote:
> >might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell what
font my xterm is

check /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm

> xterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> 
> where 14 is your size. once you find one you can create
~/.Xresources with 
> this:
> xterm*font: -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

you can also (pre)set xterm's font menu resources - here's
mine (labels in
IT, good for my 800x600):

#--[/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm]--------
...
*fontMenu.Label:  VT Fonts
*fontMenu*menuLabel.font:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-
*
*fontMenu*font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
*fontMenu.menuLabel.foreground: deepskyblue1
*fontMenu*fontdefault*Label:    Predefinito
*VT100*font:            7x13euro
*fontMenu*font1*Label:  Illeggibile
*VT100*font1:           nil2
*IconFont:              nil2
*fontMenu*font2*Label:  Micro
*VT100*font2:           5x7
*fontMenu*font3*Label:  Piccolo
*VT100*font3:           6x12
*fontMenu*font4*Label:  Medio
*VT100*font4:           fixed
*fontMenu*font5*Label:  Grande
*VT100*font5:           8x16
*fontMenu*font6*Label:  Esagerato...
*VT100*font6:           9x15
*fontMenu*fontescape*Label:     Sequenza Escape
*fontMenu*fontsel*Label:        Selezione
!fontescape and fontsel overridden by application
*fontMenu*font-doublesize*Label: Ingrossa caratteri
*fontMenu*font-loadable*Label:  VT220 Soft Fonts
...

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Hi,
You can change the fontsize in /etc/X11/Xresourses/xterm (if
you are the only
user). Mine is:

~$ cat /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm 
XTerm*font: -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-cp1251
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: gray
XTerm*scrollTtyOutput: no
XTerm*scrollKey: yes

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:00:59PM -0700, Bill Moseley
wrote:
> I just got a new T60p wide screen (1680x1050) running X
Window System
> Version 7.2.0 (xorg).
> 
> I'm using icewm as my window manager.
> 
> The xterm fonts are nice, but too small.  I can use
xfontsel to browse
> fonts, but I can't seem to find the one xterm is using
(so that I
> might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell what
font my xterm is
> using?
> 
> My DPI setting is correct so shouldn't I be able to
pick a font by
> point size and have it be the correct size?
> 
> 
> 
> Plenty to pick from...
> 
> $ DISPLAY=:0.0 xlsfonts | wc -l
> 7358
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Bill Moseley
> moseleyhank.org
> 
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Hello Bill!

Am Dienstag, den 10.07.2007, 17:00 -0700 schrieb Bill
Moseley:
> I just got a new T60p wide screen (1680x1050) running X
Window System
> Version 7.2.0 (xorg).
> 
> I'm using icewm as my window manager.
> 
> The xterm fonts are nice, but too small.  I can use
xfontsel to browse
> fonts, but I can't seem to find the one xterm is using
(so that I
> might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell what
font my xterm is
> using?
> 
> My DPI setting is correct so shouldn't I be able to
pick a font by
> point size and have it be the correct size?
> 
Try CTRL + Left Click in an xterm window. Thats the xterm
menu for that
I think.

Kind regards,
Johannes


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On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 07:13:22PM -0700, Jeff D wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Bill Moseley wrote:
> 
> >I just got a new T60p wide screen (1680x1050)
running X Window System
> >Version 7.2.0 (xorg).
> >
> I believe it's fixed, but try something like this:
> 
> xterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> 
> where 14 is your size. once you find one you can create
~/.Xresources with 
> this:
> xterm*font: -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

That's 14 pixels or points?

Ya, it's the finding one I'm not having much luck with. ;) 
That's why
I was wondering if I could see what font xterm was actually
selecting.
Then I could see other size options for that font using
fontsel,
perhaps.

If I say xterm*font: 9x15 I assume that's pixels.  At
1680x1050 that's
a bit small.  It would be nice to find a scalable font so I
could fine
tune the size.

I use .Xdefaults-<hostname> as xterm seems to read
that every time it
runs, where if I use .Xresources I have to run xrdb -merge
for xterm
to see the changes.

Fonts (and X11 in general) has been a weak point in my
knowledge.  I'm
never sure if I should be working in /etc/fonts/local.conf
or in my
Xresources/Xdefaults file.

Thanks,


On all my machines when I try and bring up the xterm font
menu it's
always just a small portion of the menu (it's clipped).  If
I can
manage to select a mostly hidden item then next time the
full menu
shows.  Been like the for years.





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On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:00:59PM -0700, Bill Moseley
wrote:
> The xterm fonts are nice, but too small.  I can use
xfontsel to browse
> fonts, but I can't seem to find the one xterm is using
(so that I
> might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell what
font my xterm is
> using?

Note that recent xterms can also use antialiased TrueType
fonts, which
look much better IMO.  But the option syntax is completely
different:
For example:

    XTerm*faceName: bitstream vera sans mono
    XTerm*faceSize: 14
    XTerm*faceSize1: 8
    XTerm*faceSize2: 9
    XTerm*faceSize3: 10
    XTerm*faceSize4: 12
    XTerm*faceSize5: 16
    XTerm*faceSize6: 20

(I use a big monitor, and I have aging eyes, so I like
bigger fonts ...)

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Bill Moseley <moseleyhank.org> writes:
> I was wondering if I could see what font xterm was
actually selecting.
> Then I could see other size options for that font using
fontsel,
> perhaps.

$ appres XTerm | grep VT100.font:

should print your current font.


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Starting the xterm with the option "-fn 7x14" 
helps the font and window size 
without having to modify any files.  I do this when having
to deal with many 
different X11 based machines.

Robert

On Wednesday 11 July 2007 02:35, ÀÊáàðà wrote:
> Hi,
> You can change the fontsize in
/etc/X11/Xresourses/xterm (if you are the
> only user). Mine is:
>
> ~$ cat /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm
> XTerm*font:
-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-cp1251
> XTerm*background: black
> XTerm*foreground: gray
> XTerm*scrollTtyOutput: no
> XTerm*scrollKey: yes
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:00:59PM -0700, Bill Moseley
wrote:
> > I just got a new T60p wide screen (1680x1050)
running X Window System
> > Version 7.2.0 (xorg).
> >
> > I'm using icewm as my window manager.
> >
> > The xterm fonts are nice, but too small.  I can
use xfontsel to browse
> > fonts, but I can't seem to find the one xterm is
using (so that I
> > might make it bigger).  Is there a way to tell
what font my xterm is
> > using?
> >
> > My DPI setting is correct so shouldn't I be able
to pick a font by
> > point size and have it be the correct size?
> >
> >
> >
> > Plenty to pick from...
> >
> > $ DISPLAY=:0.0 xlsfonts | wc -l
> > 7358
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bill Moseley
> > moseleyhank.org
> >
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 12:03:44PM -0400, Robert Goley
wrote:
> Starting the xterm with the option "-fn 7x14"
 helps the font and window size 
> without having to modify any files.  I do this when
having to deal with many 
> different X11 based machines.
It depends on a person. I prefer to tune programs once and
then use my
configs at any machine.


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